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  1. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    I bought the correct size of carbon fiber outlet cover from eBay...a friend of mine who didn't think one would do anything for his setup was incredulous that it actually added to the sound quality of his setup.
  2. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    It's not made for 'merican standard setups, these are used in Japan, I believe.
  3. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    Sorry, but no, I do not have the original FE parts...the rubber portions on mine were supplied separately as were cork and clear plastic films. When I used these on my ModWright KWA100SE I used the thread adapters and screwed them directly into the amp and had the bare base side directly on the...
  4. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    https://www.finite-elemente.eu/en/cera/
  5. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    These are copies/clones rip-offs of the Finite Elemente style footers...I've got one pair like these in silver w/ceramic balls and aluminum bodies and one set the same but with stainless steel bodies....
  6. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    OK, I fired up my iPad and sure enough, the pictures aren't showing up, they do here on my Win10 laptop...I'm at work, so when I get home I'll look into it, thanks for letting me know.
  7. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    It's why I don't play LP's much anymore....
  8. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    Yeah, so would I! it is a huge PITA to swap power cables in my system, too many things on too many shelves, too small of a space and too old of an old man! But, I will someday soon do this and see what gives, I've got to break it down to put the carbon fiber face plate on the AC outlet someday...
  9. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    I've had a Monosaudio P902 since January 2021. Currently using it on my Audible Illusions Modulus 3A preamplifier, using a 15-core "Valhalla" on my power amp. It's a good pairing.
  10. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    And, you can get threaded adapters to allow different sized threads, used such installing some of these on my ModWright KWA100SE.
  11. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    The stainless steel footers weigh around 6 ounces each, the aluminum ones weigh less...the balls are just a fraction of that weight... I have the 3-ball SS ones under my MC-240 and the single ball SS ones under my Audible Illusions preamp. .
  12. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    Here's another Stillpoints riff: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804184890191.html
  13. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    The round footers with the three balls and the similar ones that use a single ball are riffs on Finite Elemente designs: https://www.finite-elemente.eu/en/cera/ I have a set of the single ball ones with ceramic balls under my Audible Illusions Mod3A preamp...
  14. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    The linked cables are 50 Ohm impedance, is the LHY setup for 50 or 75 Ohm cabling? The BNCs on the pictures of the unit suggest 75 Ohm connections. 50 Ohm cables will attach, but 75 Ohm ones will match the impedance of the circuit.
  15. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    Where were the other reviews? Inquiring minds want to know...
  16. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    I just noticed that Aliexpress has some "Heimdall" style cables now...
  17. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    I don't have the Chinese WEL power cord, just the single ended RCA interconnects...plus a lot of other Chinese interconnects including an Odin 2 silver...and several different flavors of power cords...I've been buying these different things from AliExpress for over 3 years now, I've just not...
  18. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    The Chinese, and AQ, DBS systems use 6 each, 12 volt batteries like are used in garage door remote controls to get the 72 Volts. They look like sawed off AAAs. My experience with real AQ Water 1m interconnects and Chinese WEL interconnects is that people say they break in immediately... Not for...
  19. Rick_B

    Aliexpress Cables

    Inrush current starting something up...initial current spikes can momentarily exceed the 5 Amp rating and blow the fuse...slow blows absorb this momentary spike without blowing...in an emergency I have used a fast blow of 1 Amp greater capacity until I get the right thing.
  20. Rick_B

    The Opamp thread

    I've got three V5is that are blown up in different ways....I'm not so sure about them any more...meanwhile the $17 eBay offering still plugs along.
  21. Rick_B

    The Opamp thread

    It almost seems, especially on Head-Fi, that one person's "bright" is another's "transparent"...same with bass response. I did not notice this opamp sounding too bright, too brittle, too distorted in the treble region whether using my SR225e's, He-400i's, or really any other set I tried with...
  22. Rick_B

    The Opamp thread

    OK, I inserted this little opamp today and have let it play now for 8 hours or so.... It is not a downgrade from the Burson V5i it may be a slight bit "mellower", but that's more of a fleeting impression... More later if I get time to do critical tests.
  23. Rick_B

    Monolith by Monoprice Tube Headphone Amplifier with ESS Sabre DAC (29511)

    The 6N5P/6080/6AS7 tube is not a rectifier tube, it is the output tube, like used in in the Darkvoice 336SE...it is a dual triode that kind of approximates 2-2A3 tubes in one tube, but are not directly heated...it has cathodes for electron emission. 6080 tubes are sometimes used in voltage...
  24. Rick_B

    The Opamp thread

    I just received one this week but haven't had a chance to put it in anything yet....going to try it in place of a Burson V5i in a Little Dot 1+ with Western Electric tubes in it and see what the differences are.... Construction looks nice on first examination...more later...
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